February | 2006 | Portraits of Place

Entry – Exit

02/28/2006 by shaunoboyle

Entry and Exit door to the #2 Machine shop, likely the largest machine shop in the world.

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Welfare House

02/28/2006 by shaunoboyle

Shower Room, clothing baskets hang from the ceiling.

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Friday Afternoon

02/28/2006 by shaunoboyle

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Bowels of a Blast Furnace

02/28/2006 by shaunoboyle

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Gas Pumps

02/28/2006 by shaunoboyle

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Exhaust Valve

02/28/2006 by shaunoboyle

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#2 Machine Shop, at 1/3 of a mile long, was one of the largest machine shops in the world. Empty as it is now, it has the grandure of an abandoned cathedral, and the quiet and stillness is only broken by the sounds of the wind blowing through this vast room.

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